In the US, South Carolina’s largest UMC church set to leave denomination
United States RNS South Carolina’s largest United Methodist church is gearing up to break from the denomination with a formal vote expected next month. Mt Horeb United Methodist, located in Lexington, South Carolina, about 27 kilometres from Columbia, the state capital, has for some time been inching toward a disaffiliation vote. For the past several […]
I plagiarise Jesus
As the ‘At The Top’ guy on radio, and a preacher in real life, I’m surprised to discover more and more people who take the things I say seriously and try to live by them. PICTURE: Timothy Eberly/Unsplash “Of course they do, Paul! Isn’t that the point of what you do?” Well yes. It’s one thing though, […]
Northern lights: In polar night, Norway-Russia kids event lights up Christmas
GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO, of Associated Press, reports from Barentsburg…
Pope meets with Benedict’s aide amid revelations in new book
Rome, Italy AP Pope Francis met on Monday with Archbishop Georg Gaenswein, the longtime secretary of Pope Benedict XVI who was a key figure in his recent funeral but who has raised eyebrows with an extraordinary memoir in which he settles old scores, reveals palace intrigues and casts Francis in a deeply unfavourable light. The Vatican provided no details […]
Essay: Mad world – global flashpoints to watch in 2023 in the era of ‘polycrisis’
In an article first published on The Conversation, SUSAN HARRIS RIMMER, director of the Policy Innovation Hub at the Griffith Business School in Australia, looks at what we can expect in 2023 after a year in which we saw “some of the most shocking humanitarian scenes in modern history”…
Updated: Bolsonaro in Florida hospital; over 1,500 supporters detained after Brasilia riots
Updated: 11:15am (AEST) Brasilia, Brazil Reuters Far-right former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was admitted to a hospital in Florida on Monday as more than 1,500 of his supporters were rounded up in Brasilia after storming the capital over the weekend. President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, a leftist who took office on Jan. 1 after […]